The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG)
movement says it supports the claim of David Cameron, former British prime
minister, that bad governance caused the abduction and continued detention of
the Chibok schoolgirls.
Boko Haram abducted 274 of the
girls from their school in Chibok, Borno state, in 2014, but 112 are still in
the custody of the insurgents.
In his memoir entitled ‘For The
Record,’ Cameron alleged that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did not give
enough support to Britain as it made effort to rescue the girls.
He wrote that “the combination of
Islamist extremism and bad governance proved fatal” in the incident, but
Jonathan denied the claim, describing it as a lie.
Reacting to the confrontations
between the two leaders, BBOG recalled that there have been media reports as
well as claims by a senator indicting the Jonathan-led administration of the
abduction.
“Our perceptions, the Wall Street
Journal article, a serving Senator’s recollections, that have not been
debunked, clearly support Mr Cameron’s assertions,” the group said in a statement
by Florence Ozor among other signatories.
“The deadly combination of bad
governance and terrorism has been at the heart of our cry to Bring Back Our
Girls for over five years because if the government’s disposition to security
and human dignity is not reprogrammed, our girls will not return and more of
our children will continue to be abducted.”
BBOG said it remains committed to
reminding the federal government of its responsibility to make the security and
welfare of Nigerian citizens its priority.
“Today, our core demand remains
the same, relevant today as it has been on each of the over 2,000 days we have
turned up in Abuja, Lagos, London, New York, Washington, DC and all around the
world, pressuring two consecutive Presidents of Nigeria to rescue the remaining
112 Chibok Girls, Leah Sharibu and thousands of others that remain in
captivity,” the group added.
“For as long as they remain in
captivity, we shall continue to carry them in our hearts and make our voices
resound and reecho our cries of five years: “Mr President, #BringBackOurGirls
now and alive!””
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